Climate averages 1991–2020
Songlou weather
in October.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Songlou: daytime highs average 21.9°C and nights cool to about 11.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 21 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Huashan (14 km away). In October its highs average 21.8°C, about as warm as Songlou, with 37 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Songlou ranks joint 341st of 884 for the warmest October highs and joint 287th of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Songlou is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 7.3°C to 14.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 40 mm to 31 mm.
The annual picture
October in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Songlou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.4°C-3.4°C | -3.4°C | 16 | 3.2 | 10.110 h |
| February | 9.7°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 20 | 3.7 | 10.911 h |
| March | 15.2°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 32 | 4.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.7°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 45 | 5.6 | 13.013 h |
| May | 27.0°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 65 | 6.2 | 13.914 h |
| June | 31.0°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 100 | 7.8 | 14.414 h |
| July | 31.5°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 205 | 14.4 | 14.214 h |
| August | 30.2°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 167 | 13.5 | 13.413 h |
| September | 26.6°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 76 | 7.6 | 12.412 h |
| October, selected | 21.9°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 40 | 4.6 | 11.311 h |
| November | 14.6°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 31 | 4.8 | 10.410 h |
| December | 8.1°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 14 | 3.3 | 9.910 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
October in nearby cities
- Huashan in OctoberChina · 14 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 11.8°C · 37 mm rain
- Fengcheng (Jiangsu), China in OctoberChina · 15 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 11.8°C · 36 mm rain
- Zhangzhai in OctoberChina · 32 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 12.0°C · 41 mm rain
- Shouxian in OctoberChina · 33 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 11.8°C · 36 mm rain
- Huankou in OctoberChina · 34 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 12.1°C · 37 mm rain
- Peicheng in OctoberChina · 35 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 12.0°C · 38 mm rain
- Anguo in OctoberChina · 35 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 12.0°C · 37 mm rain
- Zhangzhuang in OctoberChina · 37 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 12.0°C · 41 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Songlou) is explained once on the Songlou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.